developer wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've just installed Firebird 1.5.2 in a windowns environement
> (Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003). I have the problem in both
> installations.
>
> When I try to connect to the database from a remote pc (with
> IBexpert or our own application) everything is fine, but when I try to
> do any of the following comands from the local server (isql, gsec, gbak)
> I get always the same error message : unavailable database.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.

Wrong syntax used?
What about connecting with IBExpert from the local machine?
How did you try to run the commandline tools?
Wrong connection string?

Uwe